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by draw_down 3384 days ago
You mean, give them homes on farms? Sure, why not.
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Why give them work with decent wages? Just give people what they need: free stuff!

Seriously, you were just joking, were you?

I doubt they were joking. The homeless need homes more than they need jobs.
It is hard to determine which is needed more, as a home has costs, loosing a job leads usually loosing a home. I believe both are equally important, and this is kind of a snake biting its own tail problem, as without a home it is very hard to get a job. (Although I can imagine someone living in a car temporarily in mild weather conditions, it would be impossible to survive a winter that way here in Central Europe)

Hopefully this opportunity will help those in need.

> loosing

It's spelled "loosening", btw.

It's misspelled indeed, but I'm pretty much sure I wanted to write losing.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lose

Looks like autocorrect may have "helped" you. I think you meant "It's spelled losing.." (not "loosening")
Free housing is one of the benefits mentioned in the article.
This may help people get out of the hopeless situation, although I'm not sure how long an agricultural season is in California, here it is limited to at most 2/3 of the year, so this is a temporary solution at best.